[admin] cl-ncurses project abandoned?

[Nikodemus Siivola]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Julian Stecklina wrote:

> the cl-ncurses project seems abandoned. There is no activity on its
> mailing list since June. I have some patches to fix it and plan to use
> it for the next time, but got no response from the mailing list. Is
> there anything I can do?

Though one. Two months is not really a very long time for a free lisp 
project, but I see your dilemma. Have you tried contacting Marcelo Ramos 
(iirc xanthus on #lisp) directly -- or in case his email address has 
soured, using eg. CLiki as a notice-board?

To my mind the ideal solution would be "whatever he thinks best" -- be 
that merging your patches, asking you to join cl-ncurses, or whatever.

If he can't be reached, as an alternative solution you're always free to 
fork and host the project under another name at clnet (or even under the 
same name elsewhere!) ...then when he resurfaces things cn be merged if 
you two agree on things.

[FWIW, it should be noted that common-lisp.net project namespace and CLiki
namespace are different things -- nothing outside social norms and the 
wrath of dan-b prevents your from grabbing the CLiki page. Not that I'm 
advocating it, just noting the fact.]

As things stand I don't think it's appropriate for clnet staff to 
unilaterally decree that a project has been abandoned, and is up for 
grabsm etc; we should formulate and publicise any such policy well 
beforehand -- and even then a year or two might be a more appropriate 
fallow period.

As said, I'd try direct contact first.

Cheers,

  -- Nikodemus              Schemer: "Buddha is small, clean, and serious."
                   Lispnik: "Buddha is big, has hairy armpits, and laughs."